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Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on July 12, 2005, 12:16:55 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've experienced their irony, and now it is time for you to post until the ironic cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SPITTOON!
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For Hugh Jackman and/or ALW fans see yesterday's late post.
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For Maltby & Shire "I Want It All". I enjoy the scores of both "Big" and "Baby".
"Autumn" is my favourite Maltby & Shire song.
Coleman & Leigh - great score for "Little Me" which is so much fun. Wildcat's "Hey Look Me Over" is great too.
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I shouldn't believe any of the poppycock you are reading about Sunset Blvd. It's akin to the whole Travolta/Banderas three year malarky on Phantom. They forget to mention two important things that would enable this to be reality - a director and a screenwriter.
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At least Hugh Jackman can sing and has played the role. I can only hope - wise casting for a change.
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And a grand Happy Birthday to our own Iowa poster (I know from Iowa having grown up in Minnesota)
Cillaliz
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Indeed - happy birthday DR Cillaliz
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Hello DRs Elmore and Ben.
Taking a short break from "House Of Flying Daggers" Some exquisite scenes but I just don't get the culture. but then I don't get the idiocy of Batman either.
No wonder I'm lost with the Martix - or is that in the Matrix?
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I watched "Princess Mononoke" last night. That's more my style of beauty.
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Good morning, all! I was up too late watching a very funny film MAMBO ITALIANO because the lender wanted it back today. Now I'm trying to get my mental facilities organized for the trip to the East Side and Tams-Witmark. So far the coffee isn't working.
DRJMK, I haven't spoken to my friend Max Preeo since late 2001 or 2002, and we've lost touch, I'm sorry to say. If you have a link to the site you mention, I'd love to have it.
TOD:
Maltby & Shire: I Hear Bells
I Think I May Want to Remember Today
Crossword Puzzle
Travel
Life Story
Coleman & Leigh: Tall Hope
I've Got Your Number
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Good morning, DR Ben and Tomovoz! Holy crap, Batman! I missed the fact it's a birthday.[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR CILLALIZ!!!!!!!!
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Thank you all for the birthdy wishes!!! :) I'm rushing off to have breakfast with a friend before work and then will be getting together with some friends after work to celebrate.
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TOD:
Maltby and Shire:
"Fatherhood Blues"
"Autumn"
Coleman & Leigh:
"The Best Is Yet To Come"
"Witchcraft"
"Real Live Girl"
"I've Got Your Number"
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Bruce, you must be feeling sadistic. First you talk about holding a candle to somethig and then beating a hasty retreat. :o
Maltby and Shire: I Don't Remember Christmas, There,
You Want to Be My Friend?, Miss Byrd among others.
Coleman & Leigh: Witchcraft, Pass Me By, We've Got Us.
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Happy Birthday, DR Cillaliz!!!
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Happy Birthday DR CILLALIZ!!!!!!!!
DR Elmore, I also watched MAMBO ITALIANO this past week. And while I found parts of it very funny, there were parts that didn't make that much sense to me (don't read further if you don't want a a minor spoiler).
The whole thing about Nico and Pino, made me not understand if he was bisexual, hiding from being gay, or what. But the ending was very hilarious!
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Really good vibes to DR OzDerek. DR Tom, please tell him that he has been in my thoughts a lot.
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Happy Happy Birthday, DR Cillaliz! May your day be filled with lots of CAKE! And we want pictures of it!!
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They are saying that today it will be 114F. Ugh. I'd better get busy shoveling that gravel while it's still cool!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR CILLALIZ!!!
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DR DAN(the man): Sorry about your nightmare. The
next morning I had a nightmare is lazy and languorous. I hate it more than the dream. :-\
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DR MBarnum: MANSION OF THE GHOST CAT is one of the popular scary stories in Japan for movie/play, same as YOTSUYA KAIDAN. It depicts woman’s deeply deep grudge and fatality, right? We, Japanese, like to watch that kind movies in summer, according to custom. I feel scary and pathetic whenever I watch them, as these are pitiful stories, but sometime I oddly feel like to watch. Woman’s grudge is horrible. ;D :P
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DR DANISE, Glad to hear from you.
I thought hurricane is always named a girl's one. :)
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Woman’s grudge is horrible. ;D :P
DR Hisaka, I think you should write a song about this. It sounds very poetic.
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Happiest of birthdays, DR Cillaliz!
TOD - Maltby & Shire, "One Step" - a very talented pianist once entrusted me to turn pages while he accompanied some friends of mine and DR elmore's in this number. It was such fun when we all joined in to say, "You don't have to sing, you don't have to dance, but nothin'll happen 'til you take a chance!" I also like "I Hear Bells" and "Watching the Big Parade Go By."
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DR MBarnum: MANSION OF THE GHOST CAT is one of the popular scary stories in Japan for movie/play, same as YOTSUYA KAIDAN. It depicts woman’s deeply deep grudge and fatality, right? We, Japanese, like to watch that kind movies in summer, according to custom. I feel scary and pathetic whenever I watch them, as these are pitiful stories, but sometime I oddly feel like to watch. Woman’s grudge is horrible. ;D :P
Hi Hisaka,
Yes, it is a very spooky movie. I had not seen it until recently, and very much enjoyed it. I have purchased some of director Nobuo Nakagawa's other films from that era (1950s/60s) including JIGOKU and GHOST OF KASANE SWAMP...I am hoping they are equally spooky!
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Happy, happy day DR Cillaliz!!!
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Happy Birthday to Cillaliz!!!!
Wasn't there a movie about you, BORN ON THE TWELFTH OF JULY?
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Hisaka said:
I thought hurricane is always named a girl's one.
That used to be the policy but it changed in 1979.
Here is a link from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) about hurrican names:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm
And here is a little more information from the Information Please Web site:
Because hurricanes often occur at the same time, officials assign short, distinctive names to the storms to avoid confusion among weather stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea. Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists created by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2004 list will be used again in 2010. A storm is given a name once its winds reach an intensity of 40 mph. In addition to the Atlantic list of names, there are ten other lists corresponding to other storm-prone regions of the world.
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Happy Birthday to DR Cillaliz.
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DR MattH: I don't recall if you were the one who told me this, but somewhere, someone told me that the seasons of QAF that followed the initial (and most British) season weren't quite as good. We are now halfway through season 2, and while I concur with the above assessment, they are still as captivating. And for some reason (at least up until now) I seem to get teary-eyed every time Justin is on the screen.
And who knew Robert Gant was hiding that body when he was on "Popular"?
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And the word of the day is: SPITTOON!
'Tis better to spittoon than to recieve.
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Der Brucer just replied: "Spittoon: a lisping cartoon character?"
Only problem is, that doesn't eliminate very many of them. :-\
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For Maltby and Shire, it has to be "Starting Here, Starting Now," though I think the score of BABY doesn't have a weak number and always enjoyed singing "And What If We Had Loved Like That?" with my Arlene when we did the show.
I also loved singing "He Loves Me Not" from CLOSER THAN EVER, a marvelous trio.
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Honesly, DR Stuart, it wasn't I who said that. I actually prefer the QUEER AS FOLK episodes that don't ape the British original incarnation. They take the characters to very interesting places which I quite enjoyed.
I LOVED Chris Potter as Michael's doctor/lover in the first season and was so sad to see him go, but Robert Gant is a more than worthy substitute, and he grows into a very interesting and fascinating character in subsequent seasons. He is going through a terrible trauma this season, by the way.
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ForColeman-Leigh, it has to be the title song of LITTLE ME. What a marvelous duet in the original show!
I've never seen LITTLE ME done on stage, so I'd love to experience it. I think I'd like the original version, however. There aren't too many actors versatile enough to do what Sid Caesar did, though, so I may not EVER see this one done on a stage.
(And for those who saw the Martin Short-Faith Prince version, what did you think? Also, did anyone see the short running James Coco-Victor Garber version?)
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And a very Happy Birthday indeed to DR Cillaliz!!
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SPITTOON--Oliver Stone film about a soldier in Viet Nam who is obsessed with chaw.
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My season 3 DVDs of MONK came in the mail today, but I'm still enjoying Season 2, so these will have to wait for awhile.
(And, of course, I'm loving the new season of original episodes on USA now).
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According to Playbill, Miss Lansbury's fall at the Sondheim Tribute was more serious than orginally thought:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93978.html
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Happy Birthday, Cillaliz. Where in Iowa are you? DS Betsy got one of her many degrees from the U of I, and my late Uncle was Dean of the Teacher's College in Cedar Falls for many, many years. I still have my favorite Aunt (probably not for much longer, sad to say) and lots of cousins in Iowa.
Elmore: Max's listserv isn't a site, it's a "mailing list" you can subscribe to. I don't have the instructions here, but I think Craig Brockman does, if he's still around. The orchestration thread got started with regard to that ridiculous press release saying the new Sweet Charity had replaced the "dated" Ralph Burns orchestrations.
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It's hard to choose Maltby and Shire songs. As much as I like "Baby", it's hard to swallow since I had a not-so-memorable time in the pit for that show. It left scars! I like the songs from "Starting Here, Starting Now" and find a lot of "Closer Than Ever" rather tedious. I do like "Life Story" even if it is too long. And I might be the only person that actually enjoys "Big"!
Here is the Playbill.com article on the "Sunset Blvd." movie
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93968.html
it says nothing about Hugh.
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Bringing everyone up to date on my E&Tness:
Well, I thought Sunday would be a great day to catch up on everything...but it wasn't to be. Der Brucer got a phone call: "Grampa, can you come and help me with my Erector Set?" It was Alex, the older lad. A minute or so later, another call: "Grampa, can you come watch me swim?" William, the younger lad, of course.
So, instead of my catching up on everything (including the laundry) we headed to the Eastern Shore and helped build and swim. And we ate fresh corn on the cob, and potato salad and pasta salad and steaks that were rather tough but at least it was der B's daughter who paid for them so it saved on our wallets this time. And we got home rather late.
Yesterday, I got to work fairly early, my shift ending at three-thirty. After work, I was going through the store, picking up items I'd need for dinner, when der B suddenly appeared beside me. "We've got doggy pictures to take!" So we headed over to the pound, for pics of a highly affectionate white bulldog, and then to a home more to the south, for pics of an equally affectionate retriever. Good news: der B posted the pics on the web after we got home, and this morning we got word that the dogs are already being rescued! So that trip was worth it.
When we got home, there was a phone message waiting for me: could I come in to work today (Tuesday), as well? (I'd been scheduled for a day off.) Sure! So I'll be back at work tonight, and then turn right around and sleep, and then work again tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I had dinner to fix, and der B had work to do on the computer...so I didn't get online at all yesteday.
This leaves me with some of today to catch up...but since I don't get off work until 11 tonight, some of my time is going into making a decent lunch for us before I head out.
And that's why I've been E&T.
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My season 3 DVDs of MONK came in the mail today...
Somehow, I confused this with Debra Monk.
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According to Playbill, Miss Lansbury's fall at the Sondheim Tribute was more serious than orginally thought:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93978.html
"...as a result of having tripped and fell..."
Which, of course, should be "...as a result of having tripped and fallen..."
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"...as a result of having tripped and fell..."
Which, of course, should be "...as a result of having tripped and fallen..."
::)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that. ;)
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Today is St. Veronica's Day, the patron(ess) of laundresses.
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Here is a LINK (http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/castrecl) to the registration site for Castlrec. DR Elmore, it's pretty much a process of signing up with your e-mail address. A small warning--somedays your mailbox will contain up to 50 messages from the listserv. And the discussions can be a little on the dry side, but the majority of the people who "post" are pretty knowledgeable and stay on topic.
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Spittoon: What "Lida Rose" would be if Winthrop sang it!
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It's gonna be hot in Oakland today. Hotter still in surrounding, inland, areas.
The weatherman (or was it just a deejay?) says we're getting our heat from Arizona! That's thanks to some system that moves in dragging heat from western states (east of California, natcherly) toward the west coast.
The fog -- that blessed natural air conditioning -- has been pushed well off coast. It's supposed to make its return Thursday evening.
Ah.....heck.
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Congratulations to Steve Gurey for winning the Sparkling Prize...and to my fellow triva quiz solvers. Nothing like engaging the little grey cells in a trivia contest, eh!
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I forgot about the TOD:
Maltby & Shire:
The Story Goes On
And What if We Had Loved Like That?
Stop Time
Just Across the River
Crossword Puzzle
I Hear Bells
(There's a duet...or at least 2 songs that are sung contrapuntally from CLOSER THAN EVER, but I can't recall the names)
Coleman/Leigh songs:
The Best is Yet to Come
Witchcraft
I've Got Your Number
On the Other Side of the Tracks
Little Me
Poor Little Hollywood Star
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I think the Hugh Jackman stuff was supposed to be a joke. He should have been cast as Joe, of course, if this movie comes off. He's a better singer than Ewan McGregor.
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BK: I have seen "The Canterville Ghost" several times as I have it on VHS.
The movie was definitely filmed as a "comedy", but it is very (VERY) loosely based on Wilde's story. It was a showcase for Charles Laughton and uber-wunderkinder Margaret O'Brien.
I think a darker take on the tale might be fascinating.
Is this URL the same show you saw, or are two versions in the works?
http://www.cantervilleghost.com/
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I'm quite enjoying the rest of the HELLO DOLLY cast disc with the Mary Martin and Pearl Bailey and Ethel Merman contributions.
Funny how tinny the original Carol Channing version sounds to me. Maybe I'm just used to watching/listening to the overblown Hollywood versions.
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I saw CANTERVILLE once on TCM some years ago, but it didn't leave a great impression on me (not like ON BORROWED TIME, for example).
A quick check of Leonard Maltin's book says it has had two movie remakes since the Laughton version.
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I seem to remember Patrick Stewart doing a tv remake of Canterville some years ago.
May I just say, in listening to Light in the Piazza, that life is not fair? Some people are born with a gene pool that cannot be matched. Maybe I should have gone and fought a war instead of going into music. ;)
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How stupid of me to forget--there's a Bock/Harnick Canterville Ghost. I have the LP.
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Hurricane name department: I still remember when I was a very young boy our "funny" weatherman in SLC was talking about how hurricanes were named after women, and he asked the anchors if they knew why. They did not, at which point the weatherman said, "Well, have you ever heard of a himmicane?"
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Hmmm...
Happy Birthday Day DRCILLALIZ!
Leigh-Coleman songs:
Hey Look Me Over
The Best is Yet to Come
I've Got Your Number
and there's another song from WILDCAT sung by Lucy and an old guy....hmm....must get out the album, I guess.
Favorite Maltby & Shire songs:
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We do not have an Irony Department - everything we have is Permanent Press.
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I think the Hugh Jackman stuff was supposed to be a joke. He should have been cast as Joe, of course, if this movie comes off. He's a better singer than Ewan McGregor.
The Hugh as Norma was my line DR Matt. Jackman was a wonderful Joe on stage here in OZ.
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I often wonder why no one has musicalized "A Matter of Life and Death" (aka "Stairway to Heaven").
What wondrous music "might" be derived from such inspiration!!!!!!
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First off, that's what I get for writing the notes in a hurry - apologies to dear reader Cillaliz for errant and truant birthday wishes in the notes. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEAR READER CILLALIZ!
RLP: Different Canterville Ghost, just as there are four different Dorian Grays floating around. The Canterville I saw is called Canterville Chase. If the song on that website is an indication of the score then I'll pass.
Lansbury has already had knee replacement surgery, and I'm sure this is the same knee.
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Favorite Maltby & Shire songs:
Oh, yes! I'ms a HUGE fan of their "The Invisible Man" score!
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There are about six versions of Canterville Ghost, most of them made-for-TV.
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Happy Birthday Cillaliz!
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Paris is not a good place for food Matthew As DR François has said - overpriced and ordinary.
Most French dishes with which we are familiar are regional in France.
Note: I enjoy "Big" as a musical too. (On CD).
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Favorite Maltby and Shire tunes: I Want It All and It's Never That Easy
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Favorite Maltby and Shire tunes: I Want It All and It's Never That Easy
"It's Never That Easy," I believe, is one of the contrapuntally sung songs I referred to above.
And, ironically, AOL Radio, which usually plays this particular cut from the recording incessantly, hasn't played it thus far today.....
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I have seen BABY once, and it might have been the production, but I didn't like it much. Didn't care to see anything else - and I might have heard some of their other songs, but can't list any as a favorite....as opposed to last week's composer: Mr Stephen Sondheim.
So I thought it best to say Nothing (A Chorus Line reference).
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Mr. Maltby and Shire: Autumn, Starting Here, Starting Now, Miss Bird, Stop Time, I Don't Remember Christmas, She Loves Me Not.
Coleman and Leigh: Witchcraft, Pass Me By, The entire score of Wildcat, Real Live Girl, The Other Side of the Tracks, and many others.
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I don't know from Maltby & Shire. YOU FASCINATE ME SO is my favourite Cy Coleman.
I am more or less back from my jaunt to Lexington, Kentucky, where The Lovely Wife and I were teaching for two weeks at the Shakespeare Institute which is held in conjunction with their summer Shakespeare Festival. We had a lovely bunch of bright students from 13 to 18 and had a generally great time. Besides, the teaching gig, we visited and hobnobbed with loads of old friends and cronies from our college days and the local theatre community. The Lovely Wife was, I must say, the darling of the students there at the institute.
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Good to have you back, Pogue. So much going on around these here parts.
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A very happy 29th birthday to Cillaliz!
;)
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One of my earliest TV-watching memories, was, in fact, David Niven in THE CANTERVILLE GHOST. I think it was shot on video.
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I have not seen any version of the CANTERVILLE GHOST either...however, I have seen THE TOONERVILLE TROLLEY....for some reason those titles reminded me of each other.
I think I will fix another cup of joe because I cannot seem to stay awake today.
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A Very Happy Birthday to our very own Cillaliz!!
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In a recent post, I was trying to post a picture, and found that I don't know how to reduce the size of a picture on my mac. I'm working on it at the moment. However, the post - which I deleted - basically would have read WITHOUT a picture -
I was in Paris, and I turned the corner and there was Joe Allen - the official restaurant of HHW. I was excited, I thought it would be cool to eat there. DP Eric didn't feel my excitement as we walked right passed to look for Beef Bourgenion (which we didn't find). I do have a picture which I'll post someday.
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My tape hunting expedition got pushed until tomorrow, so I now have time to do some other stuff that needs doing.
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Michel Legrand's A MATTER OF INNOCENCE soundtrack featuring Matt Monro is currently available for download here, I just discovered.
http://www.spacedebris.blogspot.com/
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I just read that Kevin Hagen, Doc Baker from Little House on the Prairie passed away. I remember him from my favorite episode where Albert gets addicted to opium (or some other narcotic).
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I have not seen any version of the CANTERVILLE GHOST either...however, I have seen THE TOONERVILLE TROLLEY....for some reason those titles reminded me of each other.
And, of course, there's THE SPITTOONERVILLE TROLLEY.
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Good Afternoon!
...Just popping in while they're reading some people. -There's wireless here in the theatre building!
:)
So far, so good. More or less. However...
It's amazing how some actors sing the same songs... and make the same mistakes - notes and otherwise - year after year after year...
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OK - Time to start catching up on my reading...
Laters...
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The orchestration thread got started with regard to that ridiculous press release saying the new Sweet Charity had replaced the "dated" Ralph Burns orchestrations.
That's the very same rationale used by Bruce Coughlin to justify what he does to Russell Bennett and Hershy Kay.
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"...as a result of having tripped and fell..."
Which, of course, should be "...as a result of having tripped and fallen..."
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I hear bad grammar all over television news and programming, I read bad grammar in current books and newspapers. Whatever happened to intelligent editors? Obviously, the intelligent writers are becoming obsolete.
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Here is a LINK (http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/castrecl) to the registration site for Castlrec. DR Elmore, it's pretty much a process of signing up with your e-mail address. A small warning--somedays your mailbox will contain up to 50 messages from the listserv. And the discussions can be a little on the dry side, but the majority of the people who "post" are pretty knowledgeable and stay on topic.
DR DTM, thank you so much! I just signed up.
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Good Afternoon!
...Just popping in while they're reading some people. -There's wireless here in the theatre building!
:)
So far, so good. More or less. However...
It's amazing how some actors sing the same songs... and make the same mistakes - notes and otherwise - year after year after year...
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DRJose, are you going to go to the National Archive for a 1903 BABES IN TOYLAND program for moi?
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Michel Legrand's A MATTER OF INNOCENCE soundtrack featuring Matt Monro is currently available for download here, I just discovered.
http://www.spacedebris.blogspot.com/
I always really liked Matt Monro's voice, and was always surprised he didn't have more of a career in the States. I own none of his albums, but when WNEW-AM (before it got Disney-fied) would play his stuff, I always thought that I should pick up something of his. But never did.
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Yet another break since we're running ahead of schedule...
Happy Birthday, DR Cillaliz!!
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DRJose, are you going to go to the National Archive for a 1903 BABES IN TOYLAND program for moi?
I stopped by there on the way in... And the kind lady who helped me could not help me. The collection is currently in transit(ion) to some new storage space at the University of Maryland - along with the DC Theatre Video Archives. So... She gave me a name of someone else to check with, and I'll see how that lead pans out. However...
If you give a call to DC's Martin Luther King, Jr., Library branch, they may have a copy of the program there in their music/arts archives.
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DR Jrand - Now tell us what you really think of Maltby & Shire.
;)
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OK - Back to auditions...
Laters...
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That is right DR TPunk, Kevin Hagen passed away Saturday in Grants Pass, Oregon, just up I-5 a few miles from where DR Jane and DH Keith live, in fact.
My mother's friend saw Mr. Hagen at her doctors office a few weeks back and said he looked pretty bad...evidently he moved back to Oregon after he retired (he spent much of his youth here).
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Mr Kevin Hagen was also one of the stars of BRACKEN'S WORLD which featured Miss Eleanor Parker for one season....
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OK - Back to auditions...
Laters...
Are there any songs you are tired of hearing yet, DRJOSE? Are there any NEW selections this year? 8)
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Dated Ralph Burns orchestrations. Whoever said that should be run out of town on a rail - how stupid can you get. While there may be orchestrations that sound dated, Burns' Sweet Charity would not be one of them. It's brilliant.
Rodzinski, what a great find - I was almost gonna go find the LP to transfer. It's a bit scratchy, that download, but how easy that is to just stick the whole thing in iTunes and burn a CD. Any other places for soundtracks that aren't on CD?
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Yes the internet is a wonderful place for discovery.
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It is very rainy here and more rain and thunderstorms predicted for the next four days.
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Mr Kevin Hagen was also one of the stars of BRACKEN'S WORLD which featured Miss Eleanor Parker for one season....
Scary synchronicity alert: I was just talking about Bracken's World with DS Betsy yesterday. (Cue Twilight Zone theme). I still remember Peter Haskell and Madlyn Rhue. And yet I can barely remember what I did this morning. :)
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Winning yesterday's trivia was certainly a surprise as I have been very errant and truant from this site for quite some time.
My favorite Maltby and Shire song is "Starting Here, Starting Now." On the eve of my wedding almost 34 years ago, I wrote the lyrics out and had my father-in-law-to-be deliver an envelope with the lyric sheet to my wife-to-be. She and I were both were very familiar with the song and I felt the lyrics were very appropriate for a then young couple about to start our lives together. My wife's matron-of-honor saw it and thought that I had written it myself - I only wish! I don't remember whether my wife straightened her out or not. Our daughter got married just last week on the 3rd, and I thought about asking the band play the song for sentiment's sake, but I didn't think too many people would recognize it. I'm somewhat sorry now that I didn't.
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Another break for me while they're reading actors... They sing, they read, they sing, they read... you get the picture...
DR JRand - As for songs I'm sick off hearing so far... Well, since we're only hearing about five or six people an hour - it's an Equity call - I really haven't played that many songs/auditions, so...
However, in NYC right now, the word on the street is that audition sessions are sounding like the Wicked vocal selections LIVE.
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;)
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Oh my -
well off to a brushup rehearsal - taping session with PIPPIN in the background.
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The great Frances Langford passed away at 92. Not only a wonderful singer, but will always be remembered as Blanche Bickerson in The Bickerson radio drama with Don Ameche. I also learned from her obit that she was married for awhile to Jon Hall.
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As for Maltby & Shire songs...
DR Matthew - I, too, like big. And as I've mentioned on here before, that show has a special place in my heart since the original Young Josh, Patrick Levis, was a student of mine. But there are some great numbers in the show, with my favorites being "I Wanna Go Home", "Stop, Time" and "Now I Want To Know". *And I was soooo glad to hear that Mssrs. Maltby & Shire have "reverted" back to the original - at least close to it - after the horrible - imho - tour version that had NO kids!?!?!?! (except for Young Josh and his friend).
Baby is also a sentimental favorite of mine. I played for a wonderful community theatre production of it when I was 17. And it was shortly after that production when I came out (of the closet) due in no small part to the wonderful men/role models/friends I had the pleasure of working with during that time. "I Chose Right" still makes me cry.
Other M&S songs:
"I Think I May Want To Remember Today" - And, boy, do I love playing that one! Of course, if the piano sucks.... UGH!
"I Don't Remember Christmas"
"It's Never That Easy"/"I've Been Here Before"
"Father of Fathers"
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As for Coleman and Leigh - I'll have to say DITTO for now...
Back to some more playing...
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"I Chose Right" still makes me cry.
"It's Never That Easy"/"I've Been Here Before"
Ditto,
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That;s the name of it!
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http://www.basichip.com/digitalgold/digitalgold.htm
I think I've mentioned that one before. This guy packages a lot of obscure TV/movie soundtracks on DVD with cover art included and sends it to you for $12 per dvd.
There are other free downloads to be had. But you gotta happen across them because people tend not to leave them up long.
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Had a wonderful time this afternoon watching more MONK episodes from Season 2. Just finished the one with Monk playing a roughneck with a Southern accent. It's laugh-out-loud funny. Tony Shahloub is superb in this part. I'm hoping he cops another Emmy nomination on Thursday morning when the Emmy nominations are announced.
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I had to interrupt my MONK viewing for a few minutes to drive an insurance premium to the post office. It's due on Friday. [gulp]
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I've never been big into 'big,' but I need to take the script that was published in one of Max Preeo's old SHOW MUSIC magazines and play the cast recording along with it.
Is the script there the revised one that the national tour used, or is it the Broadway version? Does anyone know?
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My favorite Shire/Maltby song: "Only When I Laugh"
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And I still haven't gotten around to Sunday night's SIX FEET UNDER episode. I should be able to watch it tonight since I don't have anything else I want to watch, at least until 10 p.m. (when both RESCUE ME and DR Ron's favorite show EMPIRE come on).
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More people reading...
Well... After the couple of people we've had so far today, I was hoping that I could say that the DC talent pool - music theatre-wise - has gotten better over the years... Ah, well...
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I've never been big into 'big,' but I need to take the script that was published in one of Max Preeo's old SHOW MUSIC magazines and play the cast recording along with it.
Is the script there the revised one that the national tour used, or is it the Broadway version? Does anyone know?
I think the version of big in Show Music was closer to the original Broadway version than the tour.
There was also that behind the scenes book, "Making it big", that was published. A nice read.
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The one song in big that I did not like - at least in the licensed version (at the time) that I did - is "Say Good Morning To Mom". Yes, it would have been nice to give Mrs. Baskin a solo in Act One, but it's really not that great a song. It was reinstated in the tour mainly to give the Mom more to do - and since they cut most of the kids for the tour they needed more "filler". I actually talked with Barbara Walsh about the whole process of the song being cut during previews/tryout. After being promised time and again by Mike Ockrent that the song would stay, she showed up one day, and when they listed the new cuts and edits, her act one song was one of the casualties. Needless to say, she was heartbroken, but at least she got "Stop, Time".
-Oh, the other number from the tour version which I did not like at all was "My Secretary's In Love". I much prefer the number that was in that spot originally, "Here We Go Again".
-Oh, and then there was the duet, "Big Boys", between Young Josh and his sidekick. We ended up cutting it.
I guess I didn't like any of the songs that were reinstated (from the Detroit tryout) for the tour.
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Yes, I remember that book about the making of 'big.' I've always thought it would be interesting to read. Oftentimes the road to producing a flop is more interesting than a hit, especially since when it's obvious things aren't working, the personnel involved put their whole hearts and souls into it, and the aftermath is usually pretty devastating to read.
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Just read that about Angela Lansbury's knee replacement surgery. I'm so sorry this happened to her. She's had a bad last year or so. I hope she gets her 18th Emmy nomination on Thursday for her guest appearance on LAW & ORDER: SVU/LAW & ORDER: TRIAL BY JURY. She might even WIN this year!
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I am of the opinion that both of Maltby & Shire's revues (CLOSER THAN EVER, STARTING HERE...) should be combined, getting rid of all the dated material (the physical fitness number, for example), and be produced. Ideally with Carolee Carmello singing Lynne Winterstellar's stuff and Emily Skinner doing Sally Mayes' songs.
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OH! -And both Patrick Levis and Barbara Walsh are BK recording studio alumni!
-Wait, did Barbara Walsh record for BK?
I know Patrick sang with our very own Tammy Minoff on that Freaky Friday duet - which Tammy reprised in What If?, but I'm drawing a blank on what Barbara Walsh sang... if she sang.
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I am of the opinion that both of Maltby & Shire's revues (CLOSER THAN EVER, STARTING HERE...) should be combined, getting rid of all the dated material (the physical fitness number, for example), and be produced. Ideally with Carolee Carmello singing Lynne Winterstellar's stuff and Emily Skinner doing Sally Mayes' songs.
I am a huge fan of this idea. I LOVE Carolee Carmello. I am usually not a name dropper, but I did get to meet her husband, Gregg Edelmen, when he came into our office at Nickelodeon to audition for a pilot. He was very gracious and asked for a piece of stationery that he could bring home to his kids as proof that he had been there. I saw their entire family out together a few years later at a premiere and they were adorable- Love her!
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No, Barbara W. and I have spoken occasionally, but the whole debacle happened and that was that.
RLP: If you like Only When I Laugh, you'll be happy to know (and yes, this is being announced for the first time right now) that I'll be reissuing the David Shire at the Movies album that I produced for Bay Cities. I believe it was the second album I produced back then, and it's quite good for what it is. It features four vocals by Maureen McGovern, and several excellent instrumental soloists, all accompanied by Mr. Shire. It will get new cover art, a new title, and possibly a newly recorded song.
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So nice to have both Pogue and the long lost Mr. Gurey back amongst our merry troupe.
You know you're losing wait when: You have a half a salad and a chicken quesadilla and you feel like you've just eaten a nine course meal. Hopefully, I won't gain from the lunch, which did have a small amount of guacamole and sour cream - it's my only meal, though, and I've been VERY good for the last week.
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I shall now be on my way to rehearsal, and then on to Mr. Donald Feltham's to do the radio show. Keep the home fries burning, you dear, dear people out there in the dark.
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Here is the picture I've been trying to re-size all day. I hope this works. This is in Paris
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Ahhhhh.....Buongiorno, Parigi!
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BK: I am glad that folks will get a chance at buying that Shire album It's one of my most valued recordings, I can tell you.
I love the "Return to Oz" stuff...it sounds extremely good performed by an intimate ensemble.
And the song "Only When I Laugh" is a total joy to me!
Love that album immensely!!!
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In the "things I wish I didn't know" department:
Does anyone else kinda (sorta) wish they didn't know that Patrick Cassidy, while in utero, was kicking and squirming while mom Shirley Jones was singing "Till There Was You" to Robert Preston on the footbridge?
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In the "things I wish I didn't know" department:
Does anyone else kinda (sorta) wish they didn't know that Patrick Cassidy, while in utero, was kicking and squirming while mom Shirley Jones was singing "Till There Was You" to Robert Preston on the footbridge?
I had never thought about it nor cared. Is there some reason you feel compelled to bring this up today?
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RLP: If you like Only When I Laugh, you'll be happy to know (and yes, this is being announced for the first time right now) that I'll be reissuing the David Shire at the Movies album that I produced for Bay Cities. I believe it was the second album I produced back then, and it's quite good for what it is. It features four vocals by Maureen McGovern, and several excellent instrumental soloists, all accompanied by Mr. Shire. It will get new cover art, a new title, and possibly a newly recorded song.
I have the original Bay Cities CD! I'd be happy to double-dip for a new song. ;D
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I shall shortly be on my way across the state to my former stomping grounds of Leavenworth Summer Theater, attending tonight's understudy performance of Guys & Dolls featuring a few very good friends of mine, including tonight's Sarah and Adelaide. Tonight's Nathan, who directed that production of Children of Eden I was musical director for last spring, is a great guy, but I'm afraid his performance tonight will most likely be memorable for being so ridiculously miscast. Very much looking forward to visiting with some of this group again.
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It is 4 p.m. and 114F.
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Maltby and Shire:
He Loves Me Not (I sang this in a local AIDS benefit several years ago...it was one of the hightlights ;))
I Chose Right
I Hear Bells (I transcribed the background "bongs," which a couple of my friends sang, and we performed this...it was a lot of fun!)
I Want It All
It's Never That Easy/I've Been Here Before
Just Across the River
Life Story
Miss Byrd
One Step
The Story Goes On
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh (the standards):
The Best Is Yet To Come
Hey, Look Me Over! (I sang this in seventh grade boy's choir!)
Real Live Girl
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I shall shortly be on my way across the state to my former stomping grounds of Leavenworth Summer Theater, attending tonight's understudy performance of Guys & Dolls featuring a few very good friends of mine, including tonight's Sarah and Adelaide. Tonight's Nathan, who directed that production of Children of Eden I was musical director for last spring, is a great guy, but I'm afraid his performance tonight will most likely be memorable for being so ridiculously miscast. Very much looking forward to visiting with some of this group again.
Isn't Leavenworth a state penitentiary? Is this a euphemism?
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Well, my Annie Get Your Gun bio did state that I had recently served five to seven years in Leavenworth.
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I had never thought about it nor cared. Is there some reason you feel compelled to bring this up today?
Probably nothing more compelling than anything that causes anyone else here to bring stuff up.
I saw the movie Sunday evening, and then watched some of the extras in one of which Shirley Jones shared this bit of information.
It popped into my head today...and I simply HAD to say something about it.
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It seems to be just me, Ann and Jed.
It's the first time in a long time that I've felt curiously de trop! (An "All About Eve"-Celeste Holm-as-Karen reference).
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I'm surprised to see Jed still on. I thought he'd be heading eastward by now. I myself have snuck online in someone's back office, entertaining myself between bus runs. Traffic was unusually light, so I have a bit of time to kill.
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Ah, Jed has now disappeared. Hope his trip over the mountains is a pleasant one.
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No understudy's performance of "Guys and Dolls" for you then, eh, Ann????
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It seems to be just me, Ann and Jed.
Can't you see that I'm logged on?? Am I invisible? I sign in every morning when I come to work and stay in. (I almost wrote "leave it up" but I didn't want to go there...but I just did! ;))
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Can't you see that I'm logged on?? Am I invisible? I sign in every morning when I come to work and stay in. (I almost wrote "leave it up" but I didn't want to go there...but I just did! ;))
Nope! When I wrote that, only Jed, Ann and I were listed after the "Users browsing this board" section at the top of the page.
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Afew moments ago, TomovOz and Elmore3003 were also listed in the "browsers using this board," but they're gone and it is you, me and Dan (the Man).
And now...it isn't even me.....
:D
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Nope! When I wrote that, only Jed, Ann and I were listed after the "Users browsing this board" section at the top of the page.
Veddy interesting. (an Arte Johnson reference)
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Good Evening!
...Just put in the OCR for Side Show... Just because.
:)
Back from auditions. A good day. Not a great day. Some more auditions tomorrow morning, and then callbacks in the afternon.
Auditions usually end up feeling like "old home week" to me, and today was no exception. People I've known for years, former students, etc. Always nice to see their faces again, and to catch up a little.
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OH!
During one of the breaks, I was doing a mental inventory of stuff I would need for later this week... Well... After just checking a few boxes here, it looks like I'll have to head back down to Richmond tomorrow night after the auditions. While pulling things out of my storage unit yesterday, I had set aside one box to hold all the various things that I was pulling from other boxes. Well, guess which box I left in the storage unit? Ugh! Ah, well...
I'm not that annoyed at myself for forgetting the box - I was thinking of heading back down to Richmond again on Friday anyway to finish up some banking stuff - more residual stuff from my bank card number being "stolen". So, I'll head down tomorrow night after the auditions, take care of my stuff down there Thursday morning, and then head back up for the Damn Yankees auditions at 1:00 on Thursday...
Then spend Friday here in Fairfax organizing the rest of my "boxes-o-stuff", and then drive up to NYC Saturday morning!
:)
And that's the plan, man!
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*The more I put "it" in writing, the more I'm obligated to do it.
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Are there any songs you are tired of hearing yet, DRJOSE? Are there any NEW selections this year? 8)
...And since we're auditioning for Shenandoah, there was nothing really "NEW". However, I did discover two things today:
1) Country songs that are guitar and/or fiddle-based, just don't cut it on the piano.
2) Some of those sheet music versions of Patsy Cline songs are just plain wrong.
;)
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Jose, what do you do when the sheet music is wrong, do you play it the right way or do you play as is for fear that the singer will get screwed up?
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DR Jose - I brought up this question before to no response - now seems appropriate. Are you familar with the Geld/Udell song "I'm Afraid To Go home"? It was recorded by both Gene Pitney and Brian Hyland. To em it's always sounded as though it was written for "Shenandoah" - perhaps as an "audition" song.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CILLALIZ!
I HOPE YOU HAD A GRAND DAY! :D
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I just read that Kevin Hagen, Doc Baker from Little House on the Prairie passed away. I remember him from my favorite episode where Albert gets addicted to opium (or some other narcotic).
I don't remember that episode. And what is Albert doing these days? His brother was on the hit series JAG.
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Jose, what do you do when the sheet music is wrong, do you play it the right way or do you play as is for fear that the singer will get screwed up?
Well, sometimes you don't know it's wrong until your/I'm playing that measure. And sometimes "wrong" is more a case of the sheet music being "not fully correct" - if that makes sense. Sometimes it's a matter of a chord voicing that was rearranged when it came time to publish the music. And sometimes, the original version of the song provided by the composer for publication does not match the recorded version(s) of the song.
Otherwise, I keep playing. Whether it's the music's mistake or mine.
And as I always advise (and caution) singers... The people behind the table are listening to the singer/you, not the pianist/me. As long as you know what you're doing, then everything else should take care of itself.
...And then there are those moments - and I had a few of these today - where the singer brings his/her music to you and says, "I've never heard this with piano before."
Hmmm... Ah, well.. Someday they'll learn either to actually practice their music BEFORE coming to the auditon... or just not to volunteer that information.
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DR Jose - I brought up this question before to no response - now seems appropriate. Are you familar with the Geld/Udell song "I'm Afraid To Go home"? It was recorded by both Gene Pitney and Brian Hyland. To em it's always sounded as though it was written for "Shenandoah" - perhaps as an "audition" song.
Actually, that song came up in conversation today during the auditions when they were discussing some of pop songs that Geld and Udell have written. I have heard the Gene Pitney version before, but until you mentioned it, I had never really thought of it as an "audition" song for Shenandoah. I shall have to investigate further.
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...Oh, and the reason it came up was because one of the guys on staff had come across the Cliff Richard recording of it.
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Probably nothing more compelling than anything that causes anyone else here to bring stuff up.
I saw the movie Sunday evening, and then watched some of the extras in one of which Shirley Jones shared this bit of information.
It popped into my head today...and I simply HAD to say something about it.
LOL. I'm impressed she could still sing so beautifully with such a distraction going on.
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Hi Steveg, nice wedding story and congratulations on your daughter’s marriage.
Jed, or Ann, how far from the charming town of Leavenworth do you live?
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Hisaka, during the women’s liberation movement in the early seventies women began protesting the sole use of women’s names for hurricane’s. This in turn prompted the current system of alternating male and female names.
MAMBO ITALIANO SPOILER!
Jennifer I would say he was hiding.
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Except for popping home a couple times to get things, I've been at the church twelve hours. Too bad I'm not on the clock. It was a flurry of activity there today.
Cillaliz, we are all awaiting a birthday and cake report!!
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Thank you Jose.. The last pop song I remember by the team was "Hurting Each Other" - a major hit by the Carpenters.
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Leavenworth is a federal prison where my late Uncle was incarcerated for over 2 years on a trumped-up charge of being a Soviet spy in the early 60s. (The charges were overturned and he was released, but by then the damage was done). This may or may not be the subject of a major motion picture that may or may not be in the planning stages. ;)
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Today they began making a kitchen:
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Thank you all for the wonderful Birthday Greetings!! I had a wonderful day, indeed. It started very early when my best friend, Paul, called me to meet him for breakfast before work. So I met him at Panera where he showed up with a beautiful rose and a funny card.
As I was ordering breakfast (Asiago Cheese bagel and cafe mocha) my phone rang and it was my parents singing me happy birthday! What fun. When I got to work a lovely bouquet of flowers arrived from my parents. So my office smells delightful!
My laptop had crashed for the second time in 2 weeks, and I was preparing to send it in to be repaired. Our office interpreter told me that her husband designed my laptop for Gateway and he wanted to look at it....so he found out what was wrong...there was a screw loose ! LOL. I've been told I had a screw loose, didn't know my computer could catch it! That was so wonderful. I still have to reload a lot, but it's working better than it did when I bought it.
After work I arrived home to find a sign on my door from my next door neighbor that said "Happy 44th Birthday" , a wonderful phone message from my other next door neighbor and another bouquet of flowers from my brother's family! Paul gave me a bouquet last Saturday, so I have flowers everywhere! I Love it!!!
Then it was off to Rebos, a really fun restaurant where I met several friends for drinks and dinner.
It's been such a wonderfully pleasant day. I couldn't ask for a better birthday!~
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I assume that was a follow up to my Carpenters post DearReader Laura.
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Cillaliz, we are all awaiting a birthday and cake report!!
I had a wonderful turtle cheesecake at Rebos, extremely rich and delicious
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Happy Birthday, Cillaliz. Where in Iowa are you? DS Betsy got one of her many degrees from the U of I, and my late Uncle was Dean of the Teacher's College in Cedar Falls for many, many years. I still have my favorite Aunt (probably not for much longer, sad to say) and lots of cousins in Iowa.
I am in Sioux City, as in Sioux City Sue, I grew up in Estherville. I started college at Kansas, but transferred and received my 2 degrees from the University of Iowa. (Sounds like the temperature in January!)
I did go to a Music Camp at UNI (formerly the Teacher's College) when I was in high school and my nephew went there for a year, but don't have a whole lot more of a connection there than that.
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Cillaliz your day sounds lovely! Reading about it made me smile.
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To find out more about the David Shire album
go here
http://brucekimmel.com/Bay%20Cities%20Information%20Page.htm (http://brucekimmel.com/Bay%20Cities%20Information%20Page.htm)
and click on the david shire album link
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DRLaura it appears the kitchen is moving along at a pleasant pace.
I sure wish something would begin to happen with ours. We can’t seem to get those quotes we need to choose the cabinets.
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Honesly, DR Stuart, it wasn't I who said that. I actually prefer the QUEER AS FOLK episodes that don't ape the British original incarnation. They take the characters to very interesting places which I quite enjoyed.
I LOVED Chris Potter as Michael's doctor/lover in the first season and was so sad to see him go, but Robert Gant is a more than worthy substitute, and he grows into a very interesting and fascinating character in subsequent seasons. He is going through a terrible trauma this season, by the way.
Chris Potter contract was not renewed for the 2nd season for his homophobic remarks he made about his same sex love scenes. It was decided the part would be rewritten out.
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Cillaliz your day sounds lovely! Reading about it made me smile.
Thanks, it was truly delightful. I forgot I got another rendition of Happy Birthday via cell phone from my sister and her husband - in 2 part harmony! And just got a call from my brother. They all said they had gifts for when they see me next, but it's being remembered that means more than whatever they decided to buy for me.
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Back to relaoding software in the lap top....what a pain!
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I hope your family can sing. ;D
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What a difference two hours can make department: well, DRs, we may be moving. The developers who bought the old farmhouse and land next to us are salivating over our house and land now. They are coming to walk through our house tomorrow night and, probably, make an offer on the spot. So Betsy and I have been driving around our neighborhood looking for a new house to move to. We are blown away thinking that, with the sale of this house (and since we owe virtually nothing on it), buying a 700 or 800K house is "affordable." Is that or is that not ridiculous?
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What a difference two hours can make department: well, DRs, we may be moving. The developers who bought the old farmhouse and land next to us are salivating over our house and land now. They are coming to walk through our house tomorrow night and, probably, make an offer on the spot. So Betsy and I have been driving around our neighborhood looking for a new house to move to. We are blown away thinking that, with the sale of this house (and since we owe virtually nothing on it), buying a 700 or 800K house is "affordable." Is that or is that not ridiculous?
Wow! Every time I hear stories like that, I always think that my parents bought their house (granted, in 1976) for only $28,000! And my mom talked them down from $32,000 because they were going through a divorce and needed to sell! And now "affordable" houses are more than half a million dollars! What is this world coming to??
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George, my parents bought their first house in SLC in 1947 for $9,000!!!
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Amazing, ain't it?
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No understudy's performance of "Guys and Dolls" for you then, eh, Ann????
Nope. My work schedule wouldn't allow it, so Jed is making a solo trip. It's really his group of past theater buddies he's going to see, anyway...so no real need for me to go :)
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Hey, I started page seven...cool!
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So, in 1947, a house cost $9,000. 30 years later, $28,000. That's three times the price. From 1976 to 2005 is about another 30 years, but the price of a house has gone up 25 times!! Okay, maybe not the same house, but still!
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JMK-WOW-good house finding and selling vibes!
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Watched EMPIRE again tonight which has veered so far away from Roman history as we know it as to practically be historical fiction. And when we got to the orgy scene tonight, well, of course, there were plenty of heterosexual activities and our Octavius was taking part in a three way with twin sisters, and there were fleeting glances of girl on girl action, too. Alas, no males with males, however.
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Chris Potter contract was not renewed for the 2nd season for his homophobic remarks he made about his same sex love scenes. It was decided the part would be rewritten out.
I had read this, too, although this was not the first time he had played a gay role.
Be that as it may, he's a good actor because there was no trace of revulsion in his performance of the love scenes with Michael.
And amazing that Hal Sparks, no stranger to his own crass and uncalled for ignorant remarks, kept his contract.
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Enjoyed SUSPICION this afternoon. I hadn't watched the entire movie in many years. Joan Fontaine's Oscar must have been payback for losing for REBECCA the year before. I don't see anything extraordinary about her work in SUSPICION (especially since Bette Davis was nominated that year for THE LITTLE FOXES and did do extraordinary work, but I guess the part itself was far more flamboyant.)
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Got around to SIX FEET UNDER, too. Things are definitely changin' around the various Fisher households.
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Those of you who are MONK fans must remember the episode where Monk and Captain Stotllemeyer become roommates (when the Captain's wife tosses him out the house). One of the most hilarious episodes in the history of the show.
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Another busy day has come to an end, so I'll head downstairs to dreamland.
Good night, all.
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Whew! Thanks to DTS (Dear Tech Support) JRand54 I know have my RecordNow software working again! He led me to the proper download/fixes and it all works just fine...so now those people who I have been promising to copy CDs for can finally get their CDs!
Now to get My Pinnacle Sudio 8 Deluxe a-working with my new DVD burner!
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I'm back. Had a lovely rehearsal, and then did the radio show with Donald, which will be up on Sunday. You'll hear lots of cuts from the two albums, plus a couple of Jeeper's Creepers cuts as well.
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Happy birthday, Cillaliz!
Sorry I'm late, but I was busy procrastinating pretending to study.
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Well, since I seem to be on "regular hours" this week...
Goodnight.
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I thought we had a new rule about ninety minutes going by with nothing but WUSSBURGERING.
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I've been researching train travel in North America. October 2006 is looking good.
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I thought we had a new rule about ninety minutes going by with nothing but WUSSBURGERING.
Don't blame me; I was asleep on the couch.
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I was watching "Reno 911," "Stella" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central.
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I'm hungry...again.
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These are FEEBLE excuses, o my WUSSBURGERS.
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Should I just say I was asleep on the couch or watching TV so I couldn't be bothered to write the notes? That would be FEEBLE.